specialkayme
Well-Known Member
I'm finding that Brewer's Friend Recipe Calculator's (https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator) IBU to be fairly off. Am I the only one?
I tried to make a Make America Amber Again (http://brulosophy.com/2016/04/11/sparge-temperature-pt-1-standard-vs-cool-exbeeriment-results/), but I"m not a fan of very hoppy beers, so I turned the IBU down using the recipe calculator from 78 IBU that the recipe called for to 50. The beer came out very malty, almost non-existent on hop bitterness. Definitely not a 50.
I just ran the MACC IPA through the calculator (http://brulosophy.com/recipes/macc-ipa-by-ray-found/) and BF is telling me the IBU is a whopping 135 (and none of that is coming from any of the dry hops), rather than the recipe's 75.
What am I missing?
I tried to make a Make America Amber Again (http://brulosophy.com/2016/04/11/sparge-temperature-pt-1-standard-vs-cool-exbeeriment-results/), but I"m not a fan of very hoppy beers, so I turned the IBU down using the recipe calculator from 78 IBU that the recipe called for to 50. The beer came out very malty, almost non-existent on hop bitterness. Definitely not a 50.
I just ran the MACC IPA through the calculator (http://brulosophy.com/recipes/macc-ipa-by-ray-found/) and BF is telling me the IBU is a whopping 135 (and none of that is coming from any of the dry hops), rather than the recipe's 75.
What am I missing?